Microsoft SQL Server Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server are PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL Community Edition and MongoDB.

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  1. SQLite icon
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    SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain.

    72 SQLite alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. PostgreSQL icon
     323 likes

    PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with over 35 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance.

    75 PostgreSQL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    PostgreSQL vs Microsoft SQL Server Comments
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    Its free with same power of MS SQL

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    similar syntax, familiar environnment

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    I'm a begginer but I think is because of features and small disc space usage!

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    • PostgreSQL is Free and Open SourceMicrosoft SQL Server is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. MariaDB icon
     142 likes

    MariaDB is a backward compatible, drop-in replacement of the MySQL® Database Server. It includes all major open source storage engines.

    55 MariaDB alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. MySQL Community Edition is a freely downloadable version of the world's most popular open source database that is supported by an active community of open source developers and enthusiasts.

    67 MySQL Community Edition alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. MongoDB icon
     149 likes

    MongoDB is a document database with the scalability and flexibility that you want with the querying and indexing that you need

    101 MongoDB alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
     
  6. DbGate icon
     31 likes

    DbGate is cross-platform database manager. Simple and effective, allowing to work with many various databases simultaneously - SQL and NoSQL.

    178 DbGate alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. CouchDB icon
     49 likes

    Apache CouchDB is a distributed, fault-tolerant and schema-free document-oriented database accessible via a RESTful HTTP / JSON API. It includes incremental map / reduce mechanics for queries and keeps data safe with an append-only datastore.

    74 CouchDB alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
     
  8. The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  9. Oracle Database icon
     22 likes

    Oracle Database delivers industry leading performance, scalability, security and reliability on a choice of clustered or single-servers running Windows, Linux, and UNIX. It provides comprehensive features to easily manage the most demanding transaction processing, business...

    61 Oracle Database alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. IBM DB2 icon
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    DB2 offers industry leading performance, scale, and reliability on your choice of platform from Linux to z/OS. DB2 supports storing XML and relational data and offers SQL PL and PL/SQL procedural languages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. A complete cloud-first data platform that includes a multi-model transactional data management engine, an application development platform, and interoperability engine, and an open analytics platform.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. Vertica icon
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    Vertica is a grid-based, column-oriented database designed to manage large, fast-growing volumes of data and provide very fast query performance when used for data warehouses and other query-intensive applications.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Linux
     
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